UNGA to vote on suspending Russia from human rights council today
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The 193-member UN General Assembly will vote today on a US push to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council, diplomats said.
United Nations: The UN General Assembly will vote Thursday (April 7, 2022) on whether to suspend Russia from the UN's premier human rights body.
The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians.
The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday.
